State Environment Impact Assessment Authority
Around 400 projects across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are awaiting appraisal for environment clearances since July since the regulatory body has remained non-functional for two months. These projects not only pertain to real estate development, but also to information technology parks, commercial hubs, college expansion and hospital revamp plans. They are pending appraisal by [...] Continue Reading »
There have been many violations and deviations on the green needs, which now the esteemed BMC has been asked to check for. BMC would have to do the necessary and mandatory checks before issuing commencement certificates for the revised plans of MIG(BLOCKII) located at Bandra East. According to sources from the State Environment Appraisal Committee [...] Continue Reading »
Over the past seven years streets and flyovers silently invaded into the city’s green cover, intensifying the prickly heat. Since 2007, around 8,500 trees were brought down across the city for various construction and infrastructure projects, including widening of roads. Environmentalists alleged that the extensive tree-felling over the years contributed to the rise in average [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi’s last marshland of 20 acers is under threat because of construction of new flats and shopping complex. The site is located at Dheerpur in north Delhi, close to the Yamuna, where the government has sanctioned to construct 5,000 flats, shopping complexes and other facilities for Delhi Police officers. Environmentalists have raised the voice against [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi-NCR: Owing to abrupt increase in brick rates, pricing of houses are likely to increase. It is time for those who are planning to buy their dream homes to rethink on the decision. The price of thousand bricks has increased to Rs 6,200 from Rs 3,600, which is double the previous rate. The rise in [...] Continue Reading »
The redevelopment of of old buildings in South Mumbai awaits final environmental clearance. The work on the city’s largest project of cluster redevelopment of buildings can start only after this final nod. The Bohra community’s Rs 1,500-crore redevelopment project in Mumbai, spread over 14 acres in Bhendi Bazar recently got approval from the State Environment [...] Continue Reading »
